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Vinner India krigen mot fattigdommen?

En ny undersøkelse viser at andelen fattige indere har sunket fra 37 til 25 prosent de siste sju årene. Fremgangen har vært særlig stor i delstatene Bihar, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh og Madya Pradesh, som har en lang historie med fattigdom og analfabetime. Les mer

Detroit-konkursen uroer de kinesiske lederne

Lenge var Detroit en livskraftig by. Nå er den konkurs, og flere hundre tusener innbyggere har forlatt hus og hjem. Men også i Kinas mange millionbyer kan det være rot i regnskapene. Nå vil lederne i Beijing ha et skikkelig bokettersyn. Les mer

Violent July: Chinese Seek the Roots of Recent Incidents

At 8:50 pm on July 23 in Beijing, a woman was pushing a stroller on her way home. Her daughter was asleep. She stopped at a bus station to organize some of her things when, according to several witnesses interviewed by the Beijing Times, two men in a car asked the woman to move and let them park the car there. She refused. A quarrel erupted. A man dressed in gray jumped out of the car and

Kina - et økologisk katastrofeområde

Industrialiseringen de siste tretti årene har forvandlet deler av Kina til et økologisk katastrofeområde, skriver Wall Street Journal. Både jord, luft og vann er sterkt forurenset, og noen av skadene kan vise seg uopprettelige. Les mer

Crackdowns and Executions Provoke Shock and Outrage in China’s Business Community

The founder of a well-known property firm has used his account to bemoan how China’s lack of rule of law affects the way in which business is conducted in the world’s second-largest economy. Read more

“A large group of local businessmen were put into prison illegally, their properties were confiscated by the government ...We should say ‘no’ to those law enforcement departments that

Kinesisk politi arresterte bursdagsgjestene

Venner av menneskerettighetsaktivisten Hu Jia feiret hans 40-årsdag i Shenzhen. Men så stormet politiet inn, og tjue personer ble arrestert. Hendelsen bekreftes av en av dem som var til stede. Les mer

"The arrests and repression will become harder and harder. Ordinary people,
China's population does not live with a sense of security and social conflicts
are becoming harsher . The situation is

Apple investigates new claims of China factory staff mistreatment

Conditions for 70,000 workers at Pegatron plants allegedly worse than those reported in the Foxconn scandal. Read more

Pew Report: China vs. the United States

According to a report by the Pew Research Center, the global image of the United States remains more positive than China. However, many see China becoming the world’s leading power. Read more

Bo Xilais sønn vil studere i USA

Playboy-sønnen til Kinas falne toppleder Bo Xilai har bestemt seg for å studere i USA de neste tre årene. Bo Guagua, som han heter, har en tid studert ved Oxford-universitetet i England. Nå venter Columbia Law School. Studentens far stilles for retten i neste måned, tiltalt for korrupsjon og maktmisbruk. Les mer

China to audit local authorities and state enterprises over debt fears

China's local authorities and state enterprises will come under scrutiny in the coming months after the Beijing government said it planned to conduct an audit of their debts. Read more

There is a suspicion that companies, especially in the heavy industrial sector and commercial property industry, have used cheap loans to increase production and pay higher wages rather than assess the long-term